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adwcleaner.exe and Malware and Nuissanceware such as Babylon
Babylon and such malware are pretty intrusive and hard to get rid of. In
desparation I tried *adwcleaner* which, touch wood, did the job in no time, clearing out a lot more nuissanceware such as add-ons and extensions to Google Chrome etc. For the moment I can't see any ill effects of running *adwcleaner.exe* but would like to hear from others who have used this freeware. -- choro ***** |
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adwcleaner.exe and Malware and Nuissanceware such as Babylon
choro wrote:
Babylon and such malware are pretty intrusive and hard to get rid of. In desparation I tried *adwcleaner* which, touch wood, did the job in no time, clearing out a lot more nuissanceware such as add-ons and extensions to Google Chrome etc. For the moment I can't see any ill effects of running *adwcleaner.exe* but would like to hear from others who have used this freeware. Bleepingcomputer lists it in their download section. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ "Please note that Antivir Webguard uses ASK Toolbar as part of its web security. If you remove ASK by using Adwcleaner, Antivir Webguard will no longer work properly. Therefore, if you use this program please use the instructions below to access the options screen where you should enable /DisableAskDetections before using AdwCleaner." I take it then, a person just dumps their Antivir Webguard ? :-) Paul |
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adwcleaner.exe and Malware and Nuissanceware such as Babylon
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:26:13 +0000, choro wrote:
Babylon and such malware are pretty intrusive and hard to get rid of. In desparation I tried *adwcleaner* which, touch wood, did the job in no time, clearing out a lot more nuissanceware such as add-ons and extensions to Google Chrome etc. For the moment I can't see any ill effects of running *adwcleaner.exe* but would like to hear from others who have used this freeware. Certain programs such as Babylon, Conduit, mixidj and incredibar are not really viruses or malware, which is why many utilities don't flag them. They should, because once invited in (by choice or accident), they refuse to leave even when politely asked to do so via uninstall. Mixidj might be liked by some. What some of these toolbars etc can do is point you to bad websites. I'm pretty sure I picked up bad stuff by not being sufficiently careful when downloading via CNET. My advice is to avoid third party downloading sites, if you have no alternative, being very careful on what you check or uncheck. |
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adwcleaner.exe and Malware and Nuissanceware such as Babylon
"Dave Cohen" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:26:13 +0000, choro wrote: Babylon and such malware are pretty intrusive and hard to get rid of. In desparation I tried *adwcleaner* which, touch wood, did the job in no time, clearing out a lot more nuissanceware such as add-ons and extensions to Google Chrome etc. For the moment I can't see any ill effects of running *adwcleaner.exe* but would like to hear from others who have used this freeware. Certain programs such as Babylon, Conduit, mixidj and incredibar are not really viruses or malware, which is why many utilities don't flag them. They should, because once invited in (by choice or accident), they refuse to leave even when politely asked to do so via uninstall. Mixidj might be liked by some. What some of these toolbars etc can do is point you to bad websites. I'm pretty sure I picked up bad stuff by not being sufficiently careful when downloading via CNET. My advice is to avoid third party downloading sites, if you have no alternative, being very careful on what you check or uncheck. I was surprised when it also marked the pdfforge folder in appdata/roaming. The only thing in it are my PDF Architect settings. Conduit I can almost understand; that was installed when I installed the YouTube Downloader. No toolbar associated with it (I choose to NEVER install any toolbar), and it doesn't show in Programs and Features, but I have never noticed it running. I liked the speed in which adwcleaner ran, but I haven't followed through on the Delete function. Does it offer a chance to pick and choose, or does it just delete what it has found? Does it offer to make a backup that can be restored later of the deleted items? The documentation on their site is in French, and (probably because I didn't accept a cookie) won't change to English from the menu. -- SC Tom |
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adwcleaner.exe and Malware and Nuissanceware such as Babylon
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:22:01 -0400, SC Tom wrote:
"Dave Cohen" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:26:13 +0000, choro wrote: Babylon and such malware are pretty intrusive and hard to get rid of. In desparation I tried *adwcleaner* which, touch wood, did the job in no time, clearing out a lot more nuissanceware such as add-ons and extensions to Google Chrome etc. For the moment I can't see any ill effects of running *adwcleaner.exe* but would like to hear from others who have used this freeware. Certain programs such as Babylon, Conduit, mixidj and incredibar are not really viruses or malware, which is why many utilities don't flag them. They should, because once invited in (by choice or accident), they refuse to leave even when politely asked to do so via uninstall. Mixidj might be liked by some. What some of these toolbars etc can do is point you to bad websites. I'm pretty sure I picked up bad stuff by not being sufficiently careful when downloading via CNET. My advice is to avoid third party downloading sites, if you have no alternative, being very careful on what you check or uncheck. I was surprised when it also marked the pdfforge folder in appdata/roaming. The only thing in it are my PDF Architect settings. Conduit I can almost understand; that was installed when I installed the YouTube Downloader. No toolbar associated with it (I choose to NEVER install any toolbar), and it doesn't show in Programs and Features, but I have never noticed it running. I liked the speed in which adwcleaner ran, but I haven't followed through on the Delete function. Does it offer a chance to pick and choose, or does it just delete what it has found? Does it offer to make a backup that can be restored later of the deleted items? The documentation on their site is in French, and (probably because I didn't accept a cookie) won't change to English from the menu. I didn't see any such option, but it does display a list of what it would delete. You could print this, then manually delete. The only fly in the ointment is all those weird alpha-numeric keys, mystery keys I call them. I suppose you could just run regedit and take a look to find out more. Personally I hate the registry and much prefer the linux way of doing things. |
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adwcleaner.exe and Malware and Nuissanceware such as Babylon
"Dave" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:22:01 -0400, SC Tom wrote: "Dave Cohen" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:26:13 +0000, choro wrote: Babylon and such malware are pretty intrusive and hard to get rid of. In desparation I tried *adwcleaner* which, touch wood, did the job in no time, clearing out a lot more nuissanceware such as add-ons and extensions to Google Chrome etc. For the moment I can't see any ill effects of running *adwcleaner.exe* but would like to hear from others who have used this freeware. Certain programs such as Babylon, Conduit, mixidj and incredibar are not really viruses or malware, which is why many utilities don't flag them. They should, because once invited in (by choice or accident), they refuse to leave even when politely asked to do so via uninstall. Mixidj might be liked by some. What some of these toolbars etc can do is point you to bad websites. I'm pretty sure I picked up bad stuff by not being sufficiently careful when downloading via CNET. My advice is to avoid third party downloading sites, if you have no alternative, being very careful on what you check or uncheck. I was surprised when it also marked the pdfforge folder in appdata/roaming. The only thing in it are my PDF Architect settings. Conduit I can almost understand; that was installed when I installed the YouTube Downloader. No toolbar associated with it (I choose to NEVER install any toolbar), and it doesn't show in Programs and Features, but I have never noticed it running. I liked the speed in which adwcleaner ran, but I haven't followed through on the Delete function. Does it offer a chance to pick and choose, or does it just delete what it has found? Does it offer to make a backup that can be restored later of the deleted items? The documentation on their site is in French, and (probably because I didn't accept a cookie) won't change to English from the menu. I didn't see any such option, but it does display a list of what it would delete. You could print this, then manually delete. The only fly in the ointment is all those weird alpha-numeric keys, mystery keys I call them. I suppose you could just run regedit and take a look to find out more. Personally I hate the registry and much prefer the linux way of doing things. Thanks for the reply. I don't mind editing the registry; been doing that since Win95 :-) The keys that were shown were just pointers to the installation and uninstall paths. On mine, one of the paths points to iSyncConduit, which is a valid file for iPod/iTunes. I guess because it has the word "conduit" in it, the program marked it. I guess it's a good double-check program to use in conjunction with other AV/AM programs, but as with any of them, I like to research the findings before blatantly deleting what is found. -- SC Tom |
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